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The cattle of Honduras are sending a friendly “Mooooollllooooo” to Progressive Cattleman and all of its readers after a recent mission trip brought informative calving insight to their ranchers.
When traditional feeds are in short supply or expensive, there are some non-traditional feeds that can be used, according to David Bohnert, a beef extension specialist and ruminant nutritionist at Oregon State University (Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center at Burns, Oregon).
Wanted: One young female bovine that can produce a heavy weaned calf, can rebreed within 80 days of calving, can maintain a body condition score of 5 or more on minimal feed, is easy to handle and stays in all the fences.
I just heard about a Hereford cow in England who gave birth to her second calf in three months. I’m not talking about a twin; I’m referring to a miracle known as “superfecundation.”
It sounds dirty to me but it means that a second egg got impregnated a few months after the first, causing another pregnancy at a later stage of development.
Being a tightwad, my first thought was, when the vet preg-checked did he charge for one cow or two?
Usually when we discuss protein in beef cattle diets, the discussion doesn’t go much further than looking at the crude protein content of the feed and ensuring sufficient non-protein nitrogen and rumen- degradable true protein is available to meet the requirements of the rumen microbes.
The Ft. Worth Stock Show is a mecca for a lot of purebred breeders. Many, many thousands have made the trip over the years, often overcoming daunting obstacles. But Galen’s journey from Illinois takes the cake!
He and his cow-partner, Dave, loaded their prize Hereford bull in Galen’s gooseneck stock trailer (G1), being pulled with Dave’s new Dodge V-10 diesel (D1).
Beef producers can learn ways to improve the quality, consistency, and value of their product at the upcoming Idaho Beef Summit, sponsored by the Idaho Beef Council.
Estimates ranging from 650,000 head to nearly 1,000,000 head of cattle have left the drought-stricken states of New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma.
A lack of hay, high transportation costs, low water and a steady cow market, until recently, were all factors in herd reductions or liquidation.
Ratification of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement by the Korean National Assembly today is a successful outcome both for the U.S. agricultural sector as well as consumers in South Korea.
Lallemand Animal Nutrition, North America, has released a new formulation of MICRO-CELL: Micro-Cell LA 1-Gram.
MICRO-CELL LA is a strain of Lactobacillus acidophilus BT-1386 which colonizes the lower gut of beef cattle fed all types of rations and competitively inhibits certain bacterial strains.
In a pooled summary of eight feedlot trials calves fed MICRO-CELL LA throughout the feeding period had greater Average Daily Gain +4.2% (P<0.01) and improved Feed Conversion +3.2% (P=0.02) when compared to control calves. Additionally, in other research, up to 70% fewer calves fed MICRO-CELL LA tested positive for E. coli 0157:H7 in their feces when compared to control calves.
Research shows that most health challenges faced by cattle occur during the initial receiving period, and that healthier cattle are more profitable. The strain of L. acidophilus used in MICRO-CELL LA 1 GRAM was selected for its ability to attach to intestinal epithelial cells. The product works particularly well in newly received high stress/high risk cattle, but should be fed for the entire feeding period full performance and pre-harvest intervention benefits.
Due to its high concentration, MICRO-CELL LA is a low inclusion feed additive, so follow label directions for use.
*MICRO-CELL LA 1GRAM is currently only available in the US.
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